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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
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Facilitating & enhancing global Southern Ocean observations
#PolarPride Reminder: Diversity enriches teams like mixing water masses enriches the Southern Ocean. Different sources, one powerful system. 🌊🌈

The Southern Ocean connects the planet —Polar Pride reminds us that inclusive science is stronger science.

#PolarPride #ScienceIsForEveryone #LGBTQinSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🌊 Next #SOFLUX_Webinar: How storms change ocean heat!

"The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Observed Surface Heat Fluxes over the Southern Ocean"
🎙️ Sreenath Veettil (Monash University)
🗓️ 4 December 2025
🕤 09:30 UTC
🔗 go.soos.aq/Register_SOF...

More: soos.aq/events/soflu...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
❄️State of the Cryosphere 2025 by @ICCInet is out.

Ice is melting, permafrost is releasing carbon, sea ice is at record lows. Current climate pledges risk >2°C warming—disaster for billions.

Only immediate action can still limit warming. ⏰

📄 iccinet.org/statecryo25/
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🌊 Register now for the next #SOFLUX_Webinar!

🎙️ Uncovering the seasonality of storm-driven Southern Ocean heat and carbon uptake

🗓️ KatherineTurner ( University of Arizona)

🕓 23 Oct | 14:00 UTC
🔗 Register here: airtable.com/appoukWG95euPhTb9/shrCwhUWxu2NnnUKp
More webinars: soos.aq/events/soflu...
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🚨 ABS RWG: Call for Leadership Team Members

Nominations (including self-noms) invited for the SOOS Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector RWG Leadership Team!

Help drive activities & strategy in a friendly team!

Deadline extended to 22 Oct 2025 👉 soos.aq/opportunities
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🌊❄️ Join us 14–16 Oct 2025 for the Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula

free | 3 sessions | global time zones | talks + discussions

👉 Sponsored by SOOS WAPSA RWG
🔗 More info & program: airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
📺Recording now available!
Watch @morganedholm (University of Gothenburg) talk about "From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean"
🔗 youtu.be/kqtP-pnYI-8?si
#SOFLUX_Webinar
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🌊 SOOS is in Brussels this week for the Polar Side Event at the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Forum!

We’re connecting the Atlantic & polar research communities to strengthen cooperation from pole to pole.
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
📰 SOOS WAPSA RWG Newsletter
Discover the latest from the West Antarctic Peninsula & Scotia Arc!
❄️ POLOMINTS expedition: ice–ocean interactions
🦐 Krill & phytoplankton dynamics
🌊 Water mass transport in Bransfield Strait
Meet the researchers & explore new insights: buff.ly/avTSltp
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Consider to have your project endorsed by SOOS!

Hear directly from our partner @fjordphyto.bsky.social about what this means and the benefits of SOOS endorsement in the cards below ⬇️

✅ Get your project endorsed here: www.soos.aq/activities/e...
September 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Citizen Science in the Antarctic!

Meet the SOOS-endorsed @fjordphyto.bsky.social project uniting scientists & travelers since 2016.

Passengers sample phytoplankton 🌱 → help track climate impacts on polar coastal ecosystems.

👉 Science by all, for all: soos.aq/news/fjordphyto
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
📢 Call for Nominations: SOOS Southern Ocean Fluxes (SOFLUX) group is seeking new leadership members

🌊 Help drive strategy on air–sea fluxes of heat, freshwater, momentum & gases in the #SouthernOcean

🗓️ Nomination deadline: 15 Oct 2025
🔗 Details: soos.aq/opportunitie...
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
🚢🐧🌊 From floats to animal-borne sensors, how do we observe the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean?

svenjahalfter.bsky.social and others from the SOOS SOIS RWG review current efforts, key gaps, & ways forward for this climate-critical region.

🔗 buff.ly/LTgfrZU

#SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue
September 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🌈❄️ How does light shape fast-ice algae?

Emiliano Cimoli et al. used colored panels & imaging spectroscopy to track shifts in biomass, species, & photoacclimation—advancing tools for under-ice ecosystem monitoring

🔗https://buff.ly/mu2rv2U
🔖Part of the #SOOSSymposium2023 Special Issue in Elementa
September 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Open Data:
1️⃣ Boosts Citations, Impact & Credibility– Studies show a robust, long-term citation impact
2️⃣ Saves Research Time (& Money!)– No more hunting through scattered repositories
3️⃣ Supports Collaboration
4️⃣ Backbone of Climate Policy–Transparent & enables multi-model comparison
#SOOS_DATAMonday
September 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#SOOS_DATAMonday: 2x🤔 Think twice before publishing! 📊 Only ~50% of datasets in Nature & Science were readily accessible in 2019

Why open data matters in a field where stakes are high & datasets are complex and costly to obtain #ClimateChange #PolarScience?
September 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
👀First-ever full look at Ross Sea deep currents!

SOOS-endorsed Glomar Challenger Trough Exchange Experiment deployed multinational moorings in Feb 25.

To unlock how water moves through all 3 major troughs—vital for understanding ocean–ice dynamics

🔗 soos.aq/news/glomar-...
September 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🌐 Southern Ocean Data, Just One Map Away!
New in Elementa: SOOSmap a gateway to Antarctic data discovery. 50k+ observations in physics, biogeochem & biology — free & accessible.
For research experts to classroom students.
🔗 doi.org/10.1525/elem...
🗺️ soosmap.aq
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 SOOS Early Career Newsletter – Sept 2025 is out!
mailchi.mp/5ce3720a9179...

👋 Welcome new ECR reps:

🧹 Explore the Frictionless Data project for smarter data cleaning

📄 ECR perspective on ocean negative carbon emissions

Subscribe & stay connected with SOOS ECRs: airtable.com/apphL7veWjIB...
September 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🌊 #SOOS_Update Aug 2025 is out!

Meet new leadership & catch up on workshops, webinars & open-access research.

Discover Antarctic citizen science, reveal Ross Sea currents, & other essential reads for anyone following climate impacts
👉 southernoceanobservingsystem.createsend.com/t/j-e-whddkh...
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🌊 Next #SOFLUX_webinar coming up!

🔹 From Synoptic to Submesoscale: Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean
🎙️ Johan Edholm (University of Gothenburg)
📅 18 Sept 2025
🕓 16:00 CEST
🔗https://buff.ly/4Xo97I7
August 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
State of the Southern Ocean 2024

Record heat, warming seas, shifting salinity & summer chlorophyll spikes: the SOOS-led Southern Ocean chapter in this year's @ametsoc State of the Climate highlights how the SO is reshaping global climate. ➡️https://ametsoc.net/sotc2024/06Antarctica_SotC2024.pdf
August 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨ 2025 ABS RWG Workshop ✨
Amundsen–Bellingshausen Sector 🌍

Two sessions, global time zones 🌐 | Talks • Lightning Presentations • Discussion

📅 Sept 2 | Register now for Zoom & lightning talk sign-up 🔗 airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...
August 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Also joining the SOIS RWG is Dr Riesna R. Audh, sea ice expert & passionate advocate for inclusive polar science, as our new APECS ECR Rep ❄️👩‍🔬: soos.aq/news/new-sois-apecs-rep-2025
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
SOIS RWG Leadership Updates 🚨

Welcome Dr Kohei Mizobata, polar oceanographer studying how ocean heat melts Antarctic ice shelves, as our new Co-chair 🧊🌊: soos.aq/news/new-sois-co-chair-2025
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM